The ASU is aware that employees have expressed concern at the time taken to obtain approval from Government of the proposed 2015 Enterprise Agreement. After all, negotiations concluded some 10 weeks ago. Following a little applied pressure, the ASU is at least now able to communicate that the review process has reached the final stage.…
The ASU’s majority support application was heard by the Fair Work Commission on Friday 6th of November. The ASU had collected sufficient signatures to demonstrate that a strong majority of employees based in Melbourne wanted the ASU to bargain for an Enterprise Agreement at Birdlife Australia. However, we were only able to obtain a bare…
Great news! Your EBA has been voted up by 175 yes votes to zero no votes. That’s a resounding acceptance of the new EBA. Thank you to everyone that managed to vote. The ASU will now work closely with the company to get the EBA lodged in the Fair Work Commission as quickly as possible…
Whilst we understand that the move to T4 is imminent the ASU and your representatives are still liaising with both Jetstar and Qantas in the hope that a sensible outcome can be arrived at in relation to the staff bus and parking arrangements once Jetstar relocate to T4. This work is ongoing and we ask…
Welcome to the ASU’s monthly Know Your Rights series. ASU members at AVI have bargained hard over the years to secure above Award workplace entitlements. However, it’s one thing to lock entitlements into an Enterprise Agreement and another to make use of those entitlements. The ASU knows that the first step to living an EA…
On Tuesday 27 October the ASU took AaE to the Fair Work Commission over its proposal to change your pay cycle. We also handed AaE the signatures of 111 employees who had signed our petition calling for the change to be delayed. The Commissioner expressed concern about the changes being rushed before Christmas, and requested…
Your ASU representatives met with representatives of Jetstar on 28 September to discuss a whole range of issues that are of concern to ASU members. We have continued discussions with Jetstar in the last few weeks to try to resolve some of the issues. We are pleased that we have been able to resolve a…
At the recent national meeting of ASU Qantas delegates it was resolved to commence our preparations for our Qantas EBA 11 this year. As a result our Qantas EBA 11 ASU survey has now been released to enable staff to express a view about what we should claim in this next bargaining round. Hard copies…
On 19 October 2015 the ASU filed a dispute in the Fair Work Commission over AAE’s proposal to change your pay cycle, and its impact on employees. In particular, ASU members are concerned about the following things: The fact that the roster cycle and pay cycle will be different will make it extremely hard for…
The ASU again met with the company on 15 October where we questioned the accuracy of some of the responses we had received from them, namely: The security reasons sighted by Jetstar as an impediment to the staff bus dropping off Jetstar staff outside terminal 3 The walk between terminal 4 and terminal 1 being…
Yesterday your ASU reps and WPCC (Workplace Consultative Committee) members met with management to discuss the feedback provided on the ‘roster optimisation project’. It is clear that the majority of staff have rejected the company’s 5/2 proposal, especially given the extreme variability of wages should it have been implemented. Incredibly, however, the company have had…
Following ASU members endorsing the proposal for a new Dnata Passenger Services Enterprise Agreement, we have been working with Dnata to finalise the drafting of the Agreement. We can now advise you that the Agreement is about to be put out for a vote of employees. On Thursday 15 October you will receive the proposed…